ata comments on David Chalmers' "The Singularity: A Philosophical Analysis" - Less Wrong

33 Post author: lukeprog 29 January 2011 02:52AM

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Comment author: ata 30 January 2011 12:22:08AM 9 points [-]

For instance, what about the martians? I think they would find worth in a martian future.

Yeah, and paperclippers would find worth in a future full of paperclips, and pebblesorters would find worth in a future full of prime-numbered heaps of pebbles. Fuck 'em.

If the martians are persons and they are doing anything interesting with their civilization, or even if they're just not harming us, then we'll keep them around. "Human values" doesn't mean "valuing only humans". Humans are capable of valuing all sorts of non-human things.